Filed in archive Technology
by tj on September 30, 2004
Thanks to David I had the opportunity to participate in this forum yesterday. One point that had been stressed by the presenters yesterday was that knowledge management is about whom you know and not...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on September 30, 2004
Ed has a nice summary outlining the future of enterprise software. He identifies and confirms several major trends: - software will become a service (ASP) during this decade - semantic, asynchronous...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on September 29, 2004
Jeff has a new article with great insights into why you should carefully choose your VC and why social competence is an imperative for a successful partnership. "There are several kinds of...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on September 29, 2004
Rajesh quotes a WSJ article: "Cellphone-service providers in India, including Hutchison Essar Telecom Ltd., Reliance Infocomm Ltd. and Tata Teleservices Ltd., will be adding two million...
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by tj on September 29, 2004
Paul Allen points me to an emerging sector that I hadn't really noticed before - web analytics: "The largest company in this space may be NetIQ, which acquired WebTrends in 2001. NetIQ had...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on September 29, 2004
I just realized how the last years have changed my communication habits. THENHow it used to be (just 5 years ago): Office: - a standard printing only fax machine - pricey and rather fast internet -...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on September 28, 2004
Jeffrey Cornwall analyzes why it is often a good idea to delay writing a comprehensive business plan and instead going forward with your real business: "1. Business plans should be the last...
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by tj on September 26, 2004
Oliver Thylmann investigates on VoIP solutions in Germany. I had a bit more here a while ago. Oliver also links to a pretty polarizing statement from Michael Robertson on OmMaliks site. Honestly I...
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Filed in archive Politics
by tj on September 25, 2004
The Economist points me to this amazing picture of my new neighborhood: "TYPE in your home address at the website fundrace.org and sneak a peek at your neighbours' political donations. Or...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on September 25, 2004
UNCTAD.org has published the latest "World Investment Report" of global investment activities (PDF, 1800k). This document is a very rich resource for statistics (486 pages!) in global...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on September 24, 2004
Ross has a nice overview of great VC stories in recent weeks. Alternatively you may try this archive.........
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by tj on September 24, 2004
It has been a long suffering now it appears to be final - Commerce One says goodbye to shareholders: "As of September 22, 2004, our unrestricted cash balance is approximately $700,000," the...
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by tj on September 23, 2004
Russell sheds light on Stelios newest venture (before he brings Easyjet to China) - aptly named Wippit. But I also fail to answer what Stelios really does, maybe I'm not listening ,but the only...
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by tj on September 23, 2004
Scott is highlighting the value Social Networking Tools are having already. I guess this sector is coming to the end of it's hype phasis. No doubt it works for many but not for all user but he...
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by tj on September 23, 2004
Joe Kraus makes his personal comparison starting a business in 2004 and 1993: "I've been reflecting on how different it is to start a company in 2004 vs. 1993. While I still break out like a...
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by tj on September 21, 2004
Source: http://www.cmit.csiro.au/ EURO-CASE (a EU body) is organizing a yearly event to award innovative companies in Europe: "The European IST Prize is the most distinguished Prize for...
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by tj on September 20, 2004
The World Economic Forum has a blog with a row of lively articles about the Forums activities. Recently of note is that the buzz about China has reached our beloved serial entrepreneur Stelios...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on September 20, 2004
Corey contacted me today with news from VC-Angel Roundtable in Berkeley. It's a monthly event in Berkeley where 1-2 entrepreneurs pitch for Angel and VC money. One of the success story he reports...
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by tj on September 19, 2004
This Economist article is not brand new (in fact it dates back to 4.5 years ago - the height of the bubble) but the analysis why European start-ups face a thougher time then many US counterparts is...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on September 19, 2004
Source: http://www.reiworld.com Literally - the company announced to double the Indian headcount - don't hold your breath these would be 160 people only. "US e-commerce software company...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on September 18, 2004
Brad Feld has had a longer post a while ago, why he had invested in Newsgator Online Services (the company is really more than the ubiquitous Outlook plug-in he argues). I missed it still pretty worth...
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by tj on September 17, 2004
Venturewire has good news from Zipcar: "Short-term car sharing? It's a bit of a kooky idea, but the two companies - Zipcar and Flexcar - that have been making it their business since 2000...
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by tj on September 17, 2004
Rajesh has a nice piece from eweek abouts ebay's infrastructure: "A good way to think about it is that it's one of the first examples of grid computing. It's an array of systems, each...
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